Contribution Submission

Using a local LaTeX installation for abstract preparation

Since the abstract submission system uses LaTeX for typesetting the
contributions, you can prepare your abstract using a local LaTeX
installation. It is neither recommended nor necessary to deal with a
local LaTeX installation yourself, but in case you want here is how to do
so.

At first you need to download an LaTeX file containing the basic
structure used in the contribution submission system. Such a file is
created by the "Alternative: Download LaTeX file" button in the abstract
submission form. You may and should already fill in some of the
information in the online form, such that those information is already
set in the downloaded LaTeX file. Note that you need to enable LaTeX
expressions in the submission system to be able to process the downloaded
by LaTeX directly. Furthermore you should not use non-ASCII characters in
the form. While they are allowed within the online system, they are not
processed directly by LaTeX in an encoded representation internally.

To proceed with the preparation of your contribution you now need to
download the class file
scdpg_synopsis.cls.
You can than use your local LaTeX installation to adjust your LaTeX file.
Once you're done you can than upload your LaTeX file by "Alternative 1:
Restore an already filled form" on the
contribution submission start page.

Author names and restrictions to LaTeX expressions

As stated on the
information page on special characters
below the "Author names and restrictions to LaTeX expressions" heading,
further restrictions beside the LaTeX conformity are applied to author
names. Those restrictions are checked after uploading your LaTeX file
onto the server but not by LaTeX itself. Additionally the system requests
for unabbreviated first names, but those checks are not covered nor
accessable by the LaTeX processing either.